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Local councils are pushing Victorian residents to be waste-smart and reduce the "environmental tragedy" of massive quantities of recyclables headed straight for landfill, following the closure of a major waste company. Link: https://7news.com.au/news/environment/scrambling-for-a-victorian-recycling-fix-c-368476

Reading Editorials written by BioCycle founder Jerry Goldstein over a five decade period reveals how so much of what is taken for granted today came to be. Link: https://www.biocycle.net/2019/07/10/looking-back-look-ahead/?utm_source=%40BioCycle&utm_campaign=ce9fe8fdaf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_25_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54de51a9ab-ce9fe8fdaf-294294185

Recent survey of large, operating composting and anaerobic digestion facilities sheds light on the state’s capacity to process the increasing flow of diverted organics. Link: https://www.biocycle.net/2019/07/10/composting-ad-california/?utm_source=%40BioCycle&utm_campaign=ce9fe8fdaf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_25_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54de51a9ab-ce9fe8fdaf-294294185

A trial reverse vending machine that could form the backbone of a Perth-wide container deposit scheme has taken off in Bull Creek, giving customers a feel for the technology before the state government rolls out its recycling initiative next year. Link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/from-trash-to-cash-recycling-arrives-in-perth-with-reverse-vending-machines-20190719-p528x8.html

Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Waste in Shanghai came into effect on July 1, 2019. This shows that Shanghai is carrying out the most ambitious garbage revolution in history, with the topic "Garbage Classification Revolution" in Shanghai becoming a major point of public discussion, attracting media attention at home …

Breakthrough means less pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/20/how-plastic-waste-could-heat-homes

Dead foetuses, used syringes, raw human waste and hazardous industrial waste have clogged the river Link: https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/nairobi/2019-07-22-why-nairobi-river-cleanup-has-stalled/

Madurai Corporation organised ‘man manakkum thuimai Madurai,’ a three-day green exhibition, along with Madurai chapter of Soroptimist International and Mahatma Group of Schools, at Tamukkam grounds here on Friday. Link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/green-expo-begins/article28615090.ece

KAMLOOPS – The backers of a new app are hoping it will change the way we deal with kitchen scraps. Share Waste is a program that has residents in B.C. and all over the world connecting over compost. Link: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/share-waste-offers-solutions-for-cities-without-composting-programs/it64139

This spring, passengers on a Wednesday morning flight from Sydney to Adelaide, Australia, were greeted in the usual way — the flight attendant telling them to place larger bags in overhead compartments, smaller ones under their seats. Link: https://theweek.com/articles/849735/worlds-first-zerowaste-flight